Learn grammar while you become a poet: In this activity, students choose a poem from any of the websites or the books the teacher has suggested. Then, students change either the verbs, the nouns, or the adjectives but respect the structure of the poem. Students come up with very different versions of the original poem and that makes this activity really enjoyable.

Work on sound and rhyming patterns: Students have to demonstrate their understanding of rhyming patterns and mute letters in English by answering questions such as: Which words rhyme with specific words in the poem? Which words include mute letters? You can see an example of a poem that would enable you to work on silent letters and rhyme below these lines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eymkXLSRvWk_9kdGdWKFwYDeoKAsw2Im/view?usp=sharing

I hope the suggestions above will be useful to integrate Poetry in your English lessons.

About the author: Loli Iglesias comes from the Basque Country and has been teaching English at Secondary level for 17 years. She is currently working as a teacher trainer for the Department of Education of the Basque Government. She develops seminars on Professional Development for English teachers and CLIL. Her main interests are CLIL and ESL methodology . She blogs at clilingetxo.blogspot.com.